I loved today's workout! Liz and I trained with Max at 4pm. It's been awhile since we've worked with Max and I forgot how much fun it can be.

Warm-up: Buddy Lee jump rope complex 3 x

SWOD: 10 x 2 banded deadlift @ 99#

Then,

Push, pull, and drag sled and prowler in various ways with various weight including pushing each other. *See photo! So much fun! Luckily Lindsay was there to document everything. We also did some band-resisted bear crawls and 70# kettlebell swings. I love workouts like this. I think sometimes I'm better at heavy slow vs. light and quick. We're meeting with Max again on Thursday. Can't wait to see what he has planned for us.

Food: The usual eggs for breakfast and chicken and veggies (leftover crockpot paleo coconut curry chicken) for lunch. However, some of my favorite girls are taking me out to dinner for my birthday tonight and I have every intention of splurging! Shush! Don't tell Max (or Chris!)

Monday

Thanks to Linds for sending me this photo from Friday night's Barbells 4 Boobs event!

Today's Workout (@4pm class):

8 Rounds, 1 Round Every 2 Minutes:

2 Power Cleans

1 Hang Clean

2 Front Squats

1 Push Press

Start at approx 40-50% of 1RM Clean and add weight each round.

I did 53#, 63#, 73#, 83#, 85#, 93#, 95#, 93# (I couldn't get the Hang Clean at 95# so I had to back down to 93#)

Then,

Tabata Pull-ups

Tabata Push-ups

Score= lowest round of each. My score: 2/5

Then, I did Liz's ab work with her.

3 Rounds:

30 sec. plank

30 sec. bridge

15 sec. oblique pillar left

15 sec. oblique pillar right

Today's Food:

I made Paleo Coconut Curry Chicken in the Crock Pot overnight. I made enough to get us through the next couple of days. I had eggs for breakfast and my usual post workout protein shake at 5pm.

Today's Bra (not the one that I wore, nor do I own, but I thought it was pretty funny):

WOD SUP

Today's workout at the CrossFit Sports Series- WOD SUP:

2k row

50 kb swings @35#

400m beach run

400m SUP

25 water burpees

Time: 21:06, 6th overall. CFCM ladies all finished top 10!

Food:

Breakfast @ 8am: eggs and chicken sausage, coffee with heavy cream

11am: protein shake

2pm: TK burger lettuce wrapped (not supposed to eat red meat this week, but it was what was available at the event and I was hungry!)

4pm: Broccolini & Avocado salads and an iced coffee from Haute Cakes. Delicious!

6pm: 1/2 of a carnitas bowl from chipolte with extra veg and guacamole (I'll finish the rest for my last meal today).

Today was really fun! The weather was beautiful for a beach event. We had a pretty decent showing from CFCM. The workout was tough, but not taken too seriously. I was initially disappointed with my finish, but after finding out I finished top 10 I realized that I just happened to be in a fast heat. Linds finished 1st overall and Kate and Missy finished 4th and 5th! Technically all top 10 finishers were supposed to stay for a final WOD so maybe we were not officially top 10 in the end, but the final involved beer chugging so I'm okay with my decision not to do it. None of our other ladies did either, except for Renee, so props to her!

Grace

Today was a good day! I weighed in this morning at 154! I cannot remember the last time I weighed under 155, probably high school. That's 8# in under 3 weeks. I'm super pumped!

CFCM represented in a big way at Barbells 4 Boobs tonight at CrossFit Newport Beach. It was a fun night for a great cause! We had two athletes on the podium at the end of the night and a lot of PRs. I especially enjoyed having my friend, Danielle Haener there. She's a friend from high school and just recently joined CFCM!

"Grace"

30 Clean & Jerks for time @ 95#

My goal was just to finish under the 10 minute time cap. I've never officially done Grace Rx at 95#, although I have done C&Js at 95# so I knew I was capable. I'm happy with my time of 6:33. Last year at the same event I did it with just 65# and I'm pretty sure it took me well over 6 minutes. I felt like I was out on the floor forever and 95# started to feel really heavy, but I finished well under my goal time and it felt great!

My eating today was a little off. I didn't really break the rules, but I didn't exactly stick to my usual pre-planned meals. Breakfast was a protein pancake (eggs and protein powder) topped with peanut butter. Lunch was chicken sausage and then I had a protein shake around 5:30pm. I did Grace around 7pm. They had scrambled eggs, bacon and the most delicious looking, tempting fruit at the event. I ate about 2 eggs and 1 very tiny piece of bacon around 8pm and resisted the fruit.

Tomorrow morning is another event, the CrossFit Sports Series: SUP Boarding in Newport's Back Bay. We did this last year and it was a lot of fun. I'm looking forward to doing it again tomorrow!

I almost didn't workout today. I wasn't feeling too hot most of the day and I had a headache. I thought maybe I'd wait until 7pm, but then I just decided to go for it and went to the gym at 3:30. I did the 4pm class.

Press 3-2-1-1-1-1-1 @ 53#, 63#, 68#, 73#, 78#, 80#

4 x 30/30

Squats ("rest" at the bottom of a squat)

Burpees ("rest" in a pillar)

V-ups ("rest" in a V sit)

I'm glad I went in because I felt better after the workout even though I'm still feeling a little low on energy.

Today's Food:

9am- 2 eggs (150)

12pm- 8 oz. chili, 1 Tbsp. pb (300)

2pm- Coffee with splash of heavy cream (50)

3pm- 8 oz. chili, 1 Tbsp. pb (300)

5pm- protein shake (110)

8pm- 8 oz. chili, 1 Tbsp. pb (300)

Total (1210)

4pm with Liz. Thanks to G for coaching us.

5 Rounds:

10 pull-ups

20 push-ups

200 m run

3 min. rest

Time: 24:23

So today was the first time I noticed that my new diet is having an effect on my strength and stamina. Pull-ups were fine, 1 or 2 at a time, like always. Push-ups were very slow and difficult and then I felt like I was running in slow motion. 200 m is not far, but my legs felt heavy. I was a little light-headed and very exhausted after this workout. I didn't expect to finish feeling so fatigued. Liz felt the same way and we deducted that it must be due to the lack of calories we're consuming.

Today's Food:

9am- 2 eggs + 1 laughing cow cheese wedge (185), coffee with almond milk (20)

1pm- 1 cup of chili (200) , 1 Tbsp. almond butter (100)

5pm- post workout protein shake (110)

8pm- CFCM Coaches Meeting @ True Food- lots of fresh veggies, tuna sashimi salad and spaghetti squash casserole (no idea how many calories, but hopefully enough)

Repeat sports bra today so I'll just share a fun one that I'd like to have:

Group Workout at 4pm:

Back Squats 3-2-2-1-1-1-1-1 @ 87#, 97#, 107#, 117#, 122#, 122#, 122#, 127# (missed) What?!

Not thrilled about back squats today, not really excited about back squats any day. I don't know why, but while my other lifts continue to improve, I've pretty much been stuck just under 130# forever. I don't get it. It's very frustrating. I just have to keep reminding myself that there are other things that I am good at and I don't have to be great at everything.

The rest of the workout was something that I did fairly well at and was happy to see on the board (unlike the back squats). Liz and I did this same workout with Max a few weeks ago, but we only had to complete 1 round for time rather than AMRAP in 30.

AMRAP in 30 minutes:

100m OH carry (I started with 35# kettlebells in each hand, but when I saw most guys were doing the same weight I went down to a 10kg bumper plate).

50 double-unders

100m rack carry (2 35# kettlebells)

100 backward singles

100m farmer's carry (2 35# kettlebells)

50 double-unders

100 backward singles

I completed 2 full rounds and then 475 reps. My goal was 3 rounds. I was really happy to finish where I did. I only had 25 more double-unders and 100 backward singles to get through to complete 3 rounds. I finished ahead of all of the girls in the 4pm class and most of the guys. I was racing to beat Blake who ended up with 3+ rounds and was very encouraged by Scott who I kept passing on my way back from the carries as he was a few steps behind me. My double-unders were solid today. The rope really does matter and I happened to grab a good one. I was stringing 20+ together most of the time and about 30-50 backwards singles together at a time. My forearms were so pumped from the carries it was hard to straighten my arms completely while I jumped which made it a little challenging.

Today I ate:

9am- 2 eggs (150 calories)

10am- Iced Americano with a "splash" of heavy cream & 2 pumps chai tea (approx. 135 calories)

1pm- 1 cup of Paleo Pumpkin Chili (approx. 200 calories), 1 Tbsp. peanut butter (100)

5:30pm- Protein shake (110)

8:00pm- 1 cup of Paleo Pumpkin Chili (200), 1 Tbsp. peanut butter (100)

Total Calories for the day: 995 (I'm going to guess that my servings of chili were a few more than 200 calories, but I can't be sure. On that note, it is one of my favorite Fall recipes!)

I weighed in at 157 this morning, up 1 pound since Friday. I'm not surprised considering what I ate during the weekend, but I fully expect to back to 156 tomorrow. My goal is 155 by the end of the week. I had two people at the gym compliment me today by telling me that I look like I've lost weight! What a great Monday!

Today's sports bra was another random purchase from Forever 21. I love the material though and the teal color. It's comfy and supportive enough for lots of jumping like in today's workout.